Jurgen Klopp has provided an injury update on several key members of his Liverpool squad, including Roberto Firmino and Virgil van Dijk.
The Reds are nearing the end of their first international break of the campaign, and are gearing up for the resumption of the Premier League season.
Liverpool travel to face Leeds United on Sunday, before taking on AC Milan at Anfield in the first group stage encounter in the Champions League a few days later.
One player on international duty was Virgil van Dijk, who was captaining the Netherlands in their World Cup qualifiers.
During their win over Turkey, Van Dijk appeared to take a knock to his ankle which would have worried supporters, before the defender said afterwards that he was alright.
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Klopp admits that he himself was also worried, but reveals he had a phone call with Van Dijk to confirm that the centre-back was okay.
Takumi Minamino did suffer an injury while away with Japan, which led to him returning to Merseyside much earlier than expected.
“Taki is already here for a while, he got injured obviously with Japan,” Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com .
“With Virgil, that was obviously a scary moment, you can imagine. I sent him a message after the game, ‘Are you alright?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘100 per cent?’ ‘200 per cent.’ ‘Come on, send me a video of you without limping...’ ‘I’m only limping off.’
“So he called me from the bus and said, ‘Boss, I’m fine!’ I said, ‘Why are you limping then?’ He said, ‘My wife asked the same!’ So, yeah, that was a bit of a tricky moment but apart from that, no, all fine [for the other international players].”
Another player who picked up an injury during the international break was Harvey Elliott, who withdrew from the England Under-21 squad earlier this week.
And during the draw with Chelsea, Firmino was forced to depart before half time after picking up a hamstring injury, while James Milner has missed the last two games with a knock.
Klopp has provided an update on the trio, and explains whether or not any of them will be available to face Leeds on Sunday,
“Bobby is not [fit], it happened in the game [against Chelsea] obviously,” said Klopp.
“Harvey is fine again.
“Millie, we have to see. Millie has to be part of team training yet, he was not part of team training so far, so we will see what he can do today. But he will get closer definitely.
